The School of Information is UC Berkeley’s newest professional school. Located in the center of campus, the I School is a graduate research and education community committed to expanding access to information and to improving its usability, reliability, and credibility while preserving security and privacy.

The School of Information's courses bridge the disciplines of information and computer science, design, social sciences, management, law, and policy. We welcome interest in our graduate-level Information classes from current UC Berkeley graduate and undergraduate students and community members. More information about signing up for classes.

Jesse Calvillo

MIDS Student

Focus

Interested in real-world application of Data Science tools to business solutions

Specialization

Business Strategy

Consulting

Data Science

Project Management

Biography

My first career was in analytical chemistry where I worked for a decade in industry and government in the fields of agriculture, food safety, environmental, and conservation (museum) science. I spent 6 years as a Laboratory Director for a multinational company during which I built three labs, helped open up the United States market for them, grew my team from 4 to 45 employees (including 25 scientists), and realized that I loved not only applying data analytics tools to my own decision making --but helping others realize the full value of the information they have.

In 2017 I decided to join the MIDS program at Berkeley in order to pivot my professional focus from applied analytical chemistry to applied data analytics.